Fangorn Farm Family Blog

Our son is a fussy eater – compared to me, anyway. He does like sausages though. Even better, he likes sausage rolls.

I’m a fan of the saussie roll, but we are not in the habit of making them, unless it’s for a party. However, if Matty wants a sausage roll for lunch (or dinner), then this is what we sometimes do (and here I must thank my friends for the idea – you know who you are):

Saussie Rolls ;)

Yes, it is a sausage wrapped in bread! Hardly original! But to a little boy, it is a sausage roll, okay? And, if I do say so myself, it is wrapped up rather nicely.

Take a piece of wholegrain bread (in our house, there is no other) and slice the crusts off thinly. Flatten and widen the bread with a rolling pin. You could smear tomato sauce over the bread; Matty prefers to dip it.

Slice or dice a sausage thinly, and arrange it along one side of the bread, as if you were about to make sushi. I find that 1 slice of bread takes 1/2 a sausage. You could get fancy. You could mash up Veges and sausages/meat (!) before rolling it up (you just don’t want the mixture to be too wet).

Roll the sausage up in the bread. Secure with a toothpick or some milk – just wet the ends and press down – again, like sushi (for which you’d use water… Water would work here too).

Can I just say that Matty is a great eater of Veges. He eats them whether we give them fancy names or not. Moreover, he doesn’t need his food arranged in pretty pictures (even if I like to do so for my own pleasure). I’m just saying that so you don’t think he’s a tanty pants who only eats sausage rolls.

But I’ve made a curry for tea tonight, so guess what fussy-pants will be eating ;)